Tuesday's Sound Off

Just a short not to our politicians. So you want to raise more money by raising taxes on gas again? Well, where exactly do you think that money comes from? You have taxed the middle and lower classes until their backs have broken. Get in through your heads, there is no more money. Cut your salaries, we don’t care. Keep pushing and you will see a revolution come about. Read your history, it’s happened before.

PATRIOT

Sometimes you love Pennsylvania and Limerick, being a lifelong resident here, but you have to applaud other states or municipalities for doing the right thing. New Jersey just passed a law doubling the fines for handheld communication devices and texting while driving. The minimum fine now on the very first offence is $200. Why doesn’t Pennsylvania open up their eyes and follow their lead?

LONG LIVED IN LIMERICK

As a taxpayer in Lower Pottsgrove, I see them spending money that the people in Pottsgrove don’t have. I think every time they spend money, it should be listed in the paper. That way we would know who to vote in and vote out at the next election. They would help to get rid of the spenders. It’s not their money, it’s our money.

Had people gone to the polls for the 2012 primaries, they would have been advised of the voter ID requirement for the general election. Most apparently did not, which speaks to a lack of civic responsibility. The people who are being disenfranchised are those who don’t believe in voting early and often, and who have been targeted by government agencies like the IRS with the intent of suppressing political discourse.

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Another person called in and was complaining about the Philadelphia Phillies announcers. He also complained especially about the Sarge. It seems that I have to agree with that person. The Phillies don’t seem to care because they don’t do anything about cleaning up their announcing.

A CONCERNED CITIZEN

How sad that the U.S. is raising the interest rates on our children’s loans. How are these children supposed to pay for their college education? They will never get them paid. If they want to raise the interest rates, let them raise a little on the parents’ rates, maybe the parents can help them a little bit. It’s very, very sad.

I read that the Daniel Boone School District cut the high school highway traffic safety driver education program for this coming year. What a supreme travesty. They will spend millions on athletic fields, but not one single dollar on a program that will save students lives on a highway. Parents, students, march on the school board and school superintendant, like tomorrow.

DISGRUNTLED AND DISGUSTED PARENT

I thought we didn’t have to show ID for voting? When I went to West Pottsgrove to vote, I was asked for identification. I thought we didn’t have to show identification. Why can’t people abide by the rules set by the courts?

This is to the people who are walking dogs on Warren Street and Hale Street. Please keep dogs out of private yards and pick up their mess. They are leaving it on sidewalks and yards where people walk and children play. The people who have the dog walking business should stress that and be more responsible. Also, change the route. The homeowners are watching.

To all the people upset because Pottstown is not having fireworks, don’t worry about it. Just go over to North Coventry, its only a mile and half a way. They’ll have a good display of fireworks and it’s on Saturday.

People need to understand, when you walk into a restaurant, the servers there make less then $3 per hour. If you bring in your laptop or hold an impromptu meting, we lose money. May I suggest you go to a fast food restaurant, or the local food court at the mall. There you don’t have a server, so the person won’t lose money.

I feel so bad for Paula Deen. This woman built herself an empire all to be taken away from her. If you think about it, Oprah probably used racial slurs too but nobody did anything about her. All of us have been called one name or another because of our ethnic background but to ruin a woman like her is wrong. But you know what, what goes around comes around. We love you Paula.

This is for the comment about the state workers along Route 100. At least they get up every day and go to work. How about everyone on a state-funded program who stay all day in bed, watch TV and don’t do anything. You tell me which one of these people is wrong - the state worker or the state program abuser.